Are you happy? If not, why?

Happiness is something I’ve been thinking about quite a bit recently. Stuff. Life. Responsibilities. They all get in the way and have a tendency to bring us down. Effect our happiness. How we process all this “stuff” has its impacts. Additionally, I truly believe portraying our clichéd Debbie Downer & Negative Nancy attitudes on a […]

How to address employment gaps or changes in your career history

Many of us have experienced gaps in our employment or changes in the industry or types of positions we have worked in. When it comes to applying for a new position, we ponder on how best to address this. How do we come across as capable for the position, and show we are not just […]

Jenny Foss of JobJenny.com shares her presentation from April’s pdxMindShare!

In case you missed Jenny Foss of JobJenny.com at pdxMindShare in April, or you just want a refresher, you can view her presentation “The Interviewer’s Lense” here. Jenny covered how to present in a way that’s genuine to you and will allow people to understand very clearly why you make sense for the jobs or business […]

Meet MindShare’s April speaker and your job search BFF Jenny Foss

Next week, pdxMindShare will host our monthly career-focused workshop & networking event at Trader Vic’s in downtown Portland on April 16th, and this is one not to miss! Each month, we like to bring in speakers to inspire and educate attendees to help them achieve their career goals, whether it’s to find a new job, […]

Luke Adams shares his presentation on “3 Keys to Positive Networking”

In case you missed our event in March or just want to take another look, Luke Adams of Luke Adams Consulting shares his presentation on networking with the pdxMindShare community. We hope to see you at the next one! Jenny of JobJenny.com will be joining us on April 16th at Trader Vic’s in Portland to […]

Meet Luke Adams, our career-focused workshop presenter for March

On March 19th, pdxMindShare will hold our monthly career-focused workshop & networking event at Trader Vic’s in Portland. Each month, we bring in a speaker who is an expert in their topic to educate attendees on ways to improve their career or make professional connections in the area. The event, averaging about 70 attendees each […]

Post: Networking as a Marketing Strategy

Luke Adams of Luke Adams Consulting will be our speaker for our Career-Focused Workshop on March 19th at Trader Vic’s. With a long history of helping people make connections, it will be a great presentation to get some key pointers from. To learn a little more about what he’ll be discussing, please read the post […]

Spring speakers for pdxMindShare announced

pdxMindShare, which was established in 1999 by Kent Lewis of Anvil Media, has been Portland’s premier career community with a career-focused workshop and networking event on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. It was created as a way to bring professionals in the area together and expand their networks. In addition to being a great […]

pdxMindShare’s February event = success & happiness

Last night, we held another event with a great turnout at Trader Vic’s! We again had over 80 Portland professionals attend and we extend a big thank you to everyone who came out. Cleon Cox III gave a great presentation that really inspired all in attendance to try and create happiness for themselves. Whether it’s […]

What do you want and how to get it

You work hard. You have an amazing resume. You have an excellent skill set as it relates to the position. You do your homework on the company you are interviewing at. Then you get to the interview and you don’t represent yourself well at all. You barely recognize yourself. Your confidence is lost, you stumble […]